Author: Krobea

“When the man who stole your bag of beans went out of the building, did the officer follow him outside?” asked Samson Luhila, the police commander at the Lusaka Central Police Station. “He did, yes he did,” answered Nasula. In his book, A Cowrie of Hope, Binwell Sinyangwe says Nasula’s eyes blurted. A notorious confident trickster named Code Silavwe had cunningly succeeded buying the poor woman’s beans not with money but sugar-coated words and had bolted. We are told in that rich novel that the woman’s name [Nasula] meant ‘mother of Sula’ and Sula’s name translated as ‘Let things be.’…

A joint police and military team is patrolling the streets of Yendi in the Northern Region following disturbances late Friday. This is to instill calm after the disturbances led to the death of one person, the police have said. A similar disturbance cranked up by youth said to be from the Abudu gate led to the burning of some houses on Thursday night. One person lost his life while three persons sustained various degrees of injury. One dies in fresh Yendi crossfire Friday’s disturbances, which erupted after Jummah prayers, is said to have been triggered by the demand of keys…

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has joined Ligue 1 side Monaco, managed by his former Arsenal team-mate Thierry Henry, on a three-and-a-half year deal. The 31-year-old Spaniard captained the Blues in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest on Saturday and was in tears as he applauded fans at the final whistle. He joined Chelsea from Barcelona in 2014, having played 303 times for Arsenal between 2003 and 2011. Fabregas described the move as “a new project”, calling it a “great honour”. “I’m here to help the team, I’m looking forward to starting. I am very excited,” he added. BBC Sport understands…

A former Ghanaian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs, James Victor Gbeho, has called on the delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to concentrate on how to quickly return the party to power by winning the next Presidential election with the selection of a winnable presidential candidate. “And the winnable candidate is the great man you’re seeing here, Professor Joshua Alabi,” he said. According to the veteran diplomat, the struggle by the NDC in the hope of returning to power in 2020 will be successful when the party elects Prof Joshua Alabi in the January 26 primary. Ambassador Gbeho,…

The defeated opposition candidate in DR Congo’s presidential election has vowed to challenge the result in court. Martin Fayulu told the BBC the people of the nation deserved to know the truth of the election, which he said had led to a “coup”. Another opposition candidate, Felix Tshisekedi, was declared the winner amid accusations of a power-sharing deal with the outgoing president. Several deaths and injuries have been reported in the wake of the results. The election was to choose a successor to Joseph Kabila, who has been in office for 18 years. The result, if confirmed, would create the…

Police in Las Vegas have issued a warrant for a DNA sample from Cristiano Ronaldo as part of their investigation into the rape allegations made against the Juventus forward. The 33-year-old’s lawyer, Peter S. Christiansen, told BBC Sport it was a “very standard request”. The Wall Street Journal says the warrant was recently sent to the court system in Italy. Ronaldo denies assaulting Kathryn Mayorga at a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. “Mr Ronaldo has always maintained, as he does today, that what occurred in Las Vegas in 2009 was consensual in nature, so it is not surprising that DNA…

Lady Gaga has apologised for working with embattled R&B star R Kelly, and vowed to remove their duet, Do What U Want, from streaming services. It comes after the broadcast of a new documentary about Kelly, which detailed allegations of sexual and physical abuse against women and underage girls, spanning several decades. Gaga called the stories “horrifying” and “indefensible”, adding: “I stand behind these women 1000%”. Kelly has denied all the allegations. His lawyer also dismissed the documentary as “another round of stories” being used to “fill reality TV time”. But film-maker Dream Hampton said the film depicted how Kelly…

Tension seems to be mounting in Yendi in the Northern Region as the Andani Royal family readies to commence final funeral rites for the late overlord of Dagbon, Ya-Naa Yakubu Abdulai Andani. One person, whose name has only been given as Ali, is said to have been caught in a cross fire around 6:40pm on Thursday and killed. Though the exchange of gunshots are not directly linked to the Abudus and Andanis, it is believed that sympathisers of the two families are behind it. It all began, according to 3news.com’s correspondent, when some youth pelted stones at the convoy of…

The government has been commended by a group of Zongo youth at Asawase for the commitment in seeking justice for the unjust killing of seven of their colleagues by the police last year. The group, Progressive Zongo Youth of Asawase, says though the GH¢ 1.7 million compensation cannot bring back the lost lives, the package for the bereaved families is appreciable. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the compensation package for the deceased at the Zongo for Peace and Development Conference held in Kumasi. Addressing a press conference in Kumasi, the group lauded initiatives by the government to ensure all the 1,080…

A woman who happened to be on board a taxi caught during a crossfire between police and some suspected armed robbers at Esuekyir near Ankaful in the Central Region has lost her life. She was hit by a stray bullet. Her husband, Aboagye Okyere, 47, who was also on board the taxi, is battling for his life. A school girl, 15, who was also by the road looking for a car for school, was also hit by a bullet from the crossfire. Narrating the incident to journalists on Thursday, Central Regional Police Commander DCOP Paul Manly Awini said a patrol…